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No.I 279,463. Patented June 12,1883.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE..

JOHN S. TRITES, OF MONCTON, NET BRUNSVICK, CANADA.

RAlLwAY-SIGNAL.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 279,463, dated June 12, 1883.

Application filed March 24, 18,83. (No model.; Patented in Canada February 1, 18H3, No. 16,248.

To allez/'hom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JOHN S. TRrrEs, of Moncton, in. the county of Vestmoreland and Province of New Brunswick, Canada, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Railway-Signals, (for which Letters Patent were granted to me in the Dominion of Canada, No.16,248, February 2, 1883,) and I do way signaling apparatus.

hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, which will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which form a part of this specification, and in which- Figure 1 is a side View of my improved rail- Fig. 2 is a front view of the same, and Fig. 3 is a detail view.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

My invention has relation to railway signalingapparatus, or so-ealled semaphore signals57 and it consists in the improved construction, combination, and arrangement of parts of the same, as hereinafter more fully de-` scribed and claimed. R

In the accompanying drawings, the letter A indicates an upright post having a platform,

' 3, at its top and a ladder, C, extending from the ground up to the said platform, giving access to a lamp, D, fastened upon the upper end ofa vertical shaft, E, turning in bearings F, extending from the upright, the said lamp being provided with glass sides of different colors, so as to show' at night which position it oecupies. A beveled pinion, G, is fastened upon the said shaft a short distance below the upper bearing and meshes with. a beveled pinion, H, fastened upon a horizontal shaft, I, turning in a bearing in the upright, and having a board, J, fastened upon its other end in front of the upright, the different positions of which indicate different signals. Upon the lower end of the vertical shaft, near its lower bearing, is fastened a beveled pinion, K, which engages a beveled pinion, L, upon a horizontal shaft, M, turning in a bearing in the upright post, and to which shaft the bifurcated ends of a lever, N, are fastened, the said ends straddling theupright and fastened, one at each side of the same, upon the shaft. This lever is provided at its outer end with a weight, O, which serves to force the lever down to a horizontal position, a chain, I), fastened to the upright post and to the lever, preventing the lever from falling farther than to a horizontal position. A cord or rope, Q, fastened to this lever and' passing over a pulley, R, upon the top of the upright, serves to raise or lower the lever, being carried over one or more guide-pulleys, S, journaled upon suitable uprights, down toadrum, T, around which it is wound. This drum is j ournaled in bearings U, fastened upon the ground or asuitable platform, and a ratchet-wheel, V, is fastened upon one end of the shaft l,upon which the drum is fastened and with which it turns. The ends of a bifurcated hand-lever, YV, which straddles this ratchetwheel, are pivoted upon the drum-shaft, and a spring-catch, X, upon said lever serves to engage the ratchet-teeth of the wheel and turn that and the drum with it. A pawl, Y, pivoted upon the base or bed-plate of the drumbearings, engages the ratchet-teeth, and is held in position engaging them by a weighted arm, Z, upon the other side of its fulcrum, and a foot-lever, n., pivoted upon the base serves to lift the weightedarm, with its inner end releasing thc pawl and at the same time pressing` the weighted arm up against the ratchetteeth, causing it to act as a bra-ke.

It will be seen by the foregoing description,

taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, that when the signal is in its normal positioni. c., the weighted lever in a horizontal position, in which position it preferablyr shows danger 7 it may be set at any desired position by operating the hand-lever and the drum, which will raise the weighted lever, which will turn the beveled pinions, and throughl it the vertical shaft, which in turn will operate the signal board and lamp, while by depressing the foot-lever the weighted lever will resume its horizontal position, returning the signal to danger, the weighted pawlarm preventing the weighted lever from re` turning too fastby acting as a brake upon the ratchet-wheel- Having thus described my invention, I claim and desire tosecureby Letters Patent of the United Statesp 1. In arailway signaling apparatus, the com- IOO bination of the vertical shaft having` the signal-lamp upon its upper end, turning` in bean ings upon the upright post, and having heveled piuions at its upper and lowei end, the upper horizontal shaft having` beveled pinion upon its inner end and signal-board upon its outer end, lower horizontal shaft having' beveled pinion and bifureated weighted lever, and the operating-rope fastened to the end of the wei ghtedlever an d passing' over suitable 2qui depulleys to the ineans for operating` it, as and for the purpose shown and set forth.

l 2. The signaling apparatus Consisting` of the upright post A, lamp D,verti0al shaft E, hearings F, beveled pinions G and K, beveled pin- 

